Bliksembe

Cathi, you are among many..I am surprised how many people want to take the whole trip!!

Jancruz1

We do! It is difficult to find a World Cruise (which we are planning to do) that covers both the Far East and Australia.

I find it kind of humorous that they are offering first class air to full world cruisers. Considering that the cruise begins and ends in Miami, that's not much of a perk for North American guests.

And only to US customers departing from one of the listed hubs. For us poor Europeans there is no flight included :(

Do not worry about the measures, they are large enough, and they will keep refilling if you are on a package.....

We have just completed a cruise on the Nautica. We were both planning, and had budgeted, to take the Premium drink package. In the end, my husband took the package and I did not, in order to see which was the most economical. We have come to the conclusion that it was not beneficial to take the package. In order to enjoy the evening's entertainment, it is necessary to eat early. Therefore we took advantage of the Happy Hour at Martinis, two for the price of one. In fact we never took advantage of the late evening Happy Hour. Other events like the Captains cocktail party and so on offer free drinks.

It is necessary to take the package for the remainder of the cruise from the day that you take it, but you can take it at any point in the cruise. Alcohol on the package is only included with room service when it is with food. It also only includes wine by the glass, however my husband found the wines more than acceptable. I, on the other hand, would purchase a bottle of wine, and this bottle of wine would follow me round the ship to whatever venue I was eating at.

I am following one particular Roll Call as I am aiming to do the identical cruise the following year and want to pick up shore ideas plus learn more about HAL. This cruise has, as far as I can see, two separate Roll Calls with almost no activity whatsoever - is that a sign that there could be (large) group on it rather than independent travelers? It is not on any of your lists, as far as I can see....

November 2 2012 departing Rotterdam (or Nov 3 departing Southampton) for the Caribbean (34 or 32 days) - on the Rotterdam

Regards

Shirley

Hi, posting this the get it on my App Favourites list, to keep up to date with group news - many thanks for the hard work done on here.

Regards

Shirley